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Metro Transit-St. Louis expands monitored light-rail access project

Rail News Home Passenger Rail 10/25/2019 Rail News: Passenger Rail
image Metro Transit security officers will check fares as MetroLink passengers arrive at modified platform access points.Photo – Metro Transit-St. Louis

Metro Transit-St. Louis yesterday announced it will install fencing and other infrastructure at the Delmar Loop and Central West End MetroLink light-rail stations to create secure and monitored access to platforms.

Metro Transit security officers will check fares and monitor MetroLink passengers as they arrive at modified platform access points, agency officials said in a press release. 

The installation of designated platform entrances and exits is an expansion of a successful pilot program the agency implemented in September 2018 at the North Hanley, Forest Park-DeBaliviere and Fairview Heights stations, they said.

The program evaluated how changing the way passengers access light-rail would impact safety and the overall customer experience. 

“The feedback we have received from customers, our professional law enforcement partners and our public safety team has been overwhelmingly positive since we launched the pilot program last fall,” said Taulby Roach, Bi-State Development president and chief executive officer. “We are building on that success by expanding the program to two of the system’s most popular stations.”

Now, the infrastructure build during last fall’s pilot will remain permanent at the North Hanley, Forest Park-DeBaliviere and Fairview Heights stations.

 

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